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Honoring Hispanic Heritage: And Other Recommended Reading from AJN’s October Issue

The October issue of AJN is now live.

In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, AJN’s October cover features Wings That Remember, Wings That Resist, a work by artist Daniel Suárez-Baquero, PhD, MSN, BSN-RN, and graphic designer Nelson Martinez. Suárez-Baquero says that the image—a resplendent quetzal in flight—is a reflection on “migration, resilience, and freedom.” Read more here.

This month’s issue celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month. As noted by Tina Loarte-Rodriguez in her guest editorial, “The legacy of Hispanic and Latine nurses is one of courage, compassion, and an unwavering pursuit of justicia in health. Nursing must embody the equity it champions: by reckoning with racism, fostering healing within our profession, and elevating diverse nurse leaders who reflect and serve our communities.”

To that end, this special issue features:

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Person-Centered Care of LGBTQ+ Adults: And Other Recommended Reading from AJN’s September Issue

The September issue of AJN is now live.

How can nurses create more inclusive and affirming health care environments for patients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning, or have other gender identities and sexual orientations? Read this month’s CE article, “Best Practices for Person-Centered Nursing Care of LGBTQ+ Adults,” to learn more.

Our September AJN Reports, “Enrollment in Nursing PhD Programs Continues to Slide,” examines a trend that threatens nursing education and research into patient care.

In “Using the Brøset Violence Checklist Beyond Behavioral Health and the ED: A Mixed-Methods Study,” Russell-Babin and colleagues note that “Evidence has shown that the Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC), a six-item scale that takes less than two minutes to complete, demonstrates predictive validity for violent behavior in psychiatric and emergency settings.” Their study aimed to determine the relationship between BVC scores and the incidence of violent behavior among patients on adult medical–surgical, telemetry, progressive care, and intermediate and intensive care units.

The latest article in the Evidence-Based Decision-Making series, “Establishing Benchmarks,” reviews benchmarking in nursing practice; explains external and internal benchmarking; identifies sources for benchmarks; and outlines steps for benchmarking, including its application in DNP projects. […]

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Reducing Assessment Frequency: And Other Recommended Reading from AJN’s August Issue

The August issue of AJN is now live.

Does decreasing comprehensive physical assessments from twice daily to once daily in the general care setting affect patient safety or care quality? The authors of “Optimizing Nurses’ Time: Reducing Assessment Frequency in General Care” discuss a quality improvement project that addressed this question.

This month’s CE article, “Auto-Brewery Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment of This Little-Known Condition,” outlines presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up and the nursing implications for the care of these vulnerable patients. (Open access)

In “Health Care Workers and Burnout: A Cross-Sectional Study,” Vidal and colleagues note that “the effects of trauma-informed care practices on health care worker burnout, in the context of stressors such as workplace violence, are not fully understood.” Their study explores associations between workers’ attitudes toward trauma-informed care, worries about workplace violence, and burnout through a survey administered as part of a public health initiative.

Our August AJN Reports, “Barriers to Full Practice,” examines the American Medical Association’s push against APRN independence.

The latest article in the Nursing Research, Step by Step series, “Reporting Guidelines: An Overview,” explains reporting guidelines relevant to nursing research, how they’re developed, and why they’re important; introduces the EQUATOR Network, […]

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Assessing Sleep Health: And Other Recommended Reading from AJN’s July Issue

The July issue of AJN is now live.

This month’s CE article, “Assessing and Promoting Sleep Health: A Brief Guide for Nurses,” outlines foundational information on sleep; general sleep health assessment; symptoms, risk factors, and screening measures related to common sleep disorders; and practical strategies nurses can use to promote healthy sleep.

“It’s important that RNs have effective ways to access and use integrative health programs and resources that are available to them. But this can be especially difficult for nurses who work at night,” write Withall and colleagues in “An Integrative Health Educational Intervention for RNs Working at Night: A Pilot Study.” This study aimed to assess whether an asynchronous integrative health educational intervention, tailored for night-shift nurses, was useful to them. (Open access)

Our July AJN Reports, “Maternal Health: ‘A Crisis Within a Crisis,’” explores how recent federal funding cuts are threatening efforts to improve care and disparities.

In “Utilization of Pressure Injury Prevention Interventions in Acute Care Hospitals,” the authors examine the relationship between nurses’ adherence to pressure injury prevention practices and hospital-acquired pressure injury development. (Open access)

As noted by Otis and colleagues in this month’s Program Evaluation, “The trauma that nurses experience when a […]

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On-Demand Nursing Jobs: And Other Recommended Reading from AJN’s June Issue

The June issue of AJN is now live.

What factors are predictive of hypoglycemia among inpatients with type 2 diabetes? Read Timple and colleagues’ Original Research article, “Predictors of Hypoglycemia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Acute Care Settings: A Retrospective Correlational Study,” to learn more.

This month’s CE article, “An Adolescent with Undiagnosed Inattentive-Type Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder and Comorbid Migraine: A Case Report,” describes an adolescent with inattention and migraine who was not diagnosed with ADHD until age 14, when the teen established care with an NP experienced in treating ADHD.

“Professional Licensure: Protecting Your Nursing Livelihood, Part 3,” the final article in a series on protecting one’s nursing license, discusses the public nature of disciplinary action, collateral implications, and suggestions for maintaining one’s license in good standing.

Read about the flexibility, autonomy, and risks of gig nursing in our June AJN Reports, “On-Demand Nursing Jobs.”

In “The Impact of a Low-Technology Medication Organization System on Hospital-at-Home Medication Errors,” the authors describe an interdisciplinary quality improvement project to mitigate errors resulting from misplaced or misused medications among hospital-at-home patients.

“Librarian Partnerships in DNP Education,” the sixth article in a series on how to teach and facilitate learning […]

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